When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 282

Standing outside the city hall, I felt a sense of liberation like never before

Christine had wanted to stay with me, but I insisted she go on ahead.

After all, I had embarked on this journey alone, it was only fitting I face its conclusion solo as well.

Watching the traffic flow by, observing couples either entering gleefully to tie the knot or exiting with faces devoid of emation, signaling their union’s end, it was easy to tell apart those getting married fmm those getting divorced

The breakdown of a relationship is seldom graceful.

I

Thankfully, Bryant and I didn’t have that problem. He was as indifferent to me as I had mistakenly been in love with him for eight years. What I hadn’t expected was for Bryant not to show up alone. He stepped out from a shiny black Mercedes, followed by Dorothy

He acted as cold and distant as always, like nothing was wrong, just throwing it out there. “Let’s go in,” with the nonchalance of someone about to grab a burger rather than finalize a divorce,

His habitual indifference was on full display.

I murmured, lowering

Dorothy made to follow us in, Bryant’s lips curled into a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, his voice dropping

It’s just…

car “Fine

went smoother than I had

fresh divorce certificates made me feel truly

lighter.

didn’t want to linger, extending my hand to

“Hand

his thumb lightly grazing over my photo, his gaze deepening. “You’re

“I’m fine.”

the divorce certificate from his hand, “From now on,

slightly, his voice slow as

deep eyes, “the person who helped me eight years ago wasn’t you, why keep it a

were in love with him until you

playing on his lips, his voice

time I found out telling you

make it sound like you

black Mercedes outside,